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Beautiful slice of life from Tokyo

Shinjuku Station is the Guinness World Records registered busiest transport hub of the world (according to Wikipedia.) I have been there and it is really amazing. This high-speed/slow-motion video Stainless – Shinjuku from Adam Magyar captures the moment that train rolls in. It is quite amazing. Beautiful. Also from this blog, you can see the presentation on the artist, how he did it.

I’ve been posting links that I liked at Posterous (RIP) and then my tumblr blog. Here are the week worth of links:

Nomo elected to Japan Hall of Fame Although Hideo Nomo was the second Japanese-born player to play in the majors, following Masanori Murakami, the right-hander was widely known as the pioneer that opened the door to the big leagues that other Japanese would eventually follow. He is now the youngest person to be inducted into Japan’s Baseball Hall of Fame, at age of 45 years, 4 months, surpassing the late Tetsuharu Kawakami (at 45 years, 8 months).
via Asian Baseball Community

Taiwan baseball film Kano may boost ties with Japan: official?Culture?News?WantChinaTimes.com The new baseball movie “Kano” is scheduled to be released on January, 24, 2014 in Taiwan. Set in 1931, when Taiwan was a Japanese colony, Kano — an abbreviation for the Chiayi Agriculture and Forestry Public School — tells the true story of the high school’s baseball team that traveled to Japan that summer to play in the Koshien tournament, a renowned high school baseball contest.
via Asian Baseball Community